Found a way to destroy hair algae!!!

are you doing this in the tank or are you removing the rocks from the tank to do it?

 

I am doing it in the tank..I just put a small pot on the stove--draw up a syringe, take it over to the tank, and put the tip right into the base of the algae and slowly fire the hot water. You will see the algae change color instantly. The water also cools instantly. But make sure no fish or corals are right in the vicinity.

 

Robman

do you have any before and after pics, i've been battling for months now and i think it has finally stopped spreading. I've attached a picture from about a month ago i was trying to take a picture of my foxface but you can still see the gha int he background did yours look that bad???

 

Hey, good for you. Please take pics and post a progression with updates !

I have heard of people doing this with Bubble algae and aptasia - suppose to work very well. keep up posted.

 

If it worx come and do mine?

 

I've done this too. It works like a champ. I use a turkey baster, and I carry the pot over to the tank with me to keep the water as hot as possible til the last instant.

Works on turf algae too.;D

 

dude you have to be one of the smartest people ever! although my blue leg hermit seems to love the stuff and keeps it down pretty well... but i think im gonna try this if it gets out of hand.

 

hairy algae and stinky live rock!

New to this forum - I found hairy green algae on my live rock today - on the back side. Not a lot - just enough to be noticed - but then I've only had this rock in my tank a few days - and the tank itself only a week - so just starting the cycling process. I took the rock out and placed it in a quaranteen tank until I figure out what to do - and plan to get a phosban reactor going - but noticed my "cured" - according to the store - rock - really smells bad. Rotten dead flesh smell. I thought a well cured rock would be over that. What do I do now?

 

best remedy for algae for me is a black sailfin blenny

 

Ingenious! Sometimes simple is best, but let us know in a week or so if anything spiked- or if any algae came back!